ангел

See also: Ангел, ангелъ, and Appendix:Variations of "angel"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ангелъ (angelŭ), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋɡɛɫ]

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Noun

а́нгел • (ángel) m (relational adjective а́нгелски, diminutive а́нгелче)

1. angel

Declension

Declension of а́нгел

	singular	plural
indefinite	а́нгел ángel	а́нгели ángeli
definite (subject form)	а́нгелът ángelǎt	а́нгелите ángelite
definite (object form)	а́нгела ángela
count form	—	а́нгела ángela
vocative form	а́нгеле ángele	а́нгели ángeli

References

• “ангел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ангел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “а̀нгел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 11
• “ангел”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 27

Anagrams

• легна (legna), гален (galen)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋɡɛɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ангел • (angel) m (relational adjective ангелски, diminutive ангелче)

1. angel

Declension

Declension of ангел

	singular	plural
indefinite	ангел (angel)	ангели (angeli)
definite unspecified	ангелот (angelot)	ангелите (angelite)
definite proximal	ангелов (angelov)	ангеливе (angelive)
definite distal	ангелон (angelon)	ангелине (angeline)
vocative	ангелу (angelu)	ангели (angeli)
count form	—	ангела (angela)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Derived from Old Church Slavonic ангелъ (angelŭ), possibly via Carpathian Rusyn а́нгел (ánhel), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɦɛl]
• Rhymes: -anɦɛl
• Hyphenation: ан‧гел

Noun

ангел (anhel) m pers (diminutive ангелчок or ангелок, related adjective ангелов or ангелски)

1. angel

Declension

Declension of ангел

	singular	plural
nominative	ангел (anhel)	ангели (anheli)
genitive	ангела (anhela)	ангелох (anhelox)
dative	ангелови (anhelovi)	ангелом (anhelom)
accusative	ангела (anhela)	ангелох (anhelox)
instrumental	ангелом (anhelom)	ангелами (anhelami)
locative	ангелови (anhelovi)	ангелох (anhelox)
vocative	ангел (anhel)	ангели (anheli)

Derived terms

nouns

• ангел хранитель m pers (anhel xranitelʹ)

References

• RSS, page 35: “ангел”
• ARS, page 24: “angel”

Russian

Alternative forms

• а́нгелъ (ángel) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of а́ггел (ággel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɡʲɪɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

а́нгел • (ángel) m anim (genitive а́нгела, nominative plural а́нгелы, genitive plural а́нгелов, diminutive ангело́к)

1. angel
2. an innocent
3. dear, darling

Declension

Declension of а́нгел (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́нгел ángel	а́нгелы ángely
genitive	а́нгела ángela	а́нгелов ángelov
dative	а́нгелу ángelu	а́нгелам ángelam
accusative	а́нгела ángela	а́нгелов ángelov
instrumental	а́нгелом ángelom	а́нгелами ángelami
prepositional	а́нгеле ángele	а́нгелах ángelax

Derived terms

• а́нгельский (ángelʹskij)

Compounds:

• а́нгел-храни́тель m anim (ángel-xranítelʹ)
• морско́й а́нгел m anim (morskój ángel)

Related terms

• Анжели́ка f anim (Anželíka)
• арха́нгел m anim (arxángel)
  • Арха́нгельск m (Arxángelʹsk)
• ева́нгелие n (jevángelije)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: ängeli
• → Moksha: анголь (angoľ)
• → Lithuanian: ángelas
• → Skolt Sami: aʹŋǧǧel
• → Votic: angeli

See also

• а́ггел m (ággel)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• я́нгол (jánhol) (colloquial, regional)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɦeɫ]

• Audio:

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Noun

а́нгел • (ánhel) m pers (genitive а́нгела, nominative plural а́нгели, genitive plural а́нгелів, relational adjective а́нгельський)

1. angel
2. a defender, a guardian
3. a beautiful person

Declension

Declension of а́нгел
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	а́нгел ánhel	а́нгели ánhely
genitive	а́нгела ánhela	а́нгелів ánheliv
dative	а́нгелові, а́нгелу ánhelovi, ánhelu	а́нгелам ánhelam
accusative	а́нгела ánhela	а́нгелів ánheliv
instrumental	а́нгелом ánhelom	а́нгелами ánhelamy
locative	а́нгелові, а́нгелі ánhelovi, ánheli	а́нгелах ánhelax
vocative	а́нгеле ánhele	а́нгели ánhely

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ангел”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “ангел”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “ангел”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN